Santiago O Paredes

US Patent:

20130272286, Oct 17, 2013

Filed:

Apr 10, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/860181

Inventors:

Jason Biddle - Somerville MA, US
Aaron Daubman - Billerica MA, US
Evan Fiore - Chelmsford MA, US
Timothy Gallagher - Westford MA, US
Jeremy Mineweaser - Bedford MA, US
Santiago Paredes - Chelmsford MA, US
Daniel Souza - Cambridge MA, US
Heather Zwahlen - Arlington MA, US
Maximillian Merfield - Arlington MA, US
Larry Robinson - Pepperell MA, US

International Classification:

H04W 84/18

US Classification:

370338

Abstract:

An architecture to enable delay tolerant content-centric and host-centric communications in MANETs comprised of smart phones is disclosed. This architecture allows cross network communications and Internet sharing, assuming that at least one of the smart phones has internet connectivity. The architecture includes a routing mechanism for content-centric communications, as well as routing algorithms for host-centric communications. In one embodiment, a combination of OLSR and a modified variant of PRoPHET is used to create preferred routing paths for content-centric communication. In another embodiment, variations of store and forward, such as binary spray and wait, are used for host-centric communications. These communications between mobile devices utilize wireless communications, such as IEEE802.11.